Second Redemption is a term that has been used regarding
politics of the United States for the period following the election of
1968 characterized by more
conservatism, and a retreat from governmental and judicial activism on issues of
civil rights.
Gary Orfield, Susan E. Eaton, and the Harvard Project on School Desegregation, Dismantling Desegregation: The Quiet Reversal of Brown v. Board of Education. New York: The New Press, 1996.